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Joe Grifasi


Joe Grifasi

Birthday:

06/14/1944

Place of birth:

Buffalo - New York - USA:

Biography:

Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Born in Buffalo, New York, Grifasi joined the U.S. Army prior to studying acting. He has appeared in more than 50 feature films including Presumed Innocent, The Deer Hunter, Big Business, Beaches, Auto Focus, Matewan, Naked Gun, Dark Matter, Natural Born Killers, Chances Are, Changing Lanes, One Fine Day, F/X, Benny & Joon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Brewster’s Millions, Batman Forever, The Flamingo Kid, Ironweed, and Splash. His television credits include The Bronx is Burning (as Yogi Berra), 61* (as Phil Rizzuto), Law & Order, ER, LA Law, Chicago Hope, Hill Street Blues, SCTV, Roseanne, and The Practice. Grifasi’s Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Memory of Two Mondays, Boy Meets Girl, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The 1940’s Radio Hour and Happy End. His off-Broadway credits include Conversations in Tusculum, The Boys Next Door (Drama Desk Nomination), Once Around the City, Golden Boy, Filumena and Says I, Says He. He has been married to jazz soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, whom he met while studying at the Yale School of Drama, since 1974.


Credits

Tornado (2024)
as Rich
Endgame (2023)
as Nagg
The Dreams of Rene Sendam (2022)
as Dr. Bradley
Me To Play (2021)
as Himself
Radium Girls (2020)
as Grandpa
No Pay, Nudity (2016)
as Mr. Davenport
Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
as David's Dad
The American Side (2016)
as The Serb
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
as Peter Quince
The Front (2010)
as Mr. Zeffirelli
The Last New Yorker (2010)
as Jerry
A Crime (2006)
as Bill
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed (2006)
as Uncle Sam
Slow Burn (2005)
as Desk Sgt. Drown
A Jersey Tale (2004)
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
13 Going on 30 (2004)
as Mr. Flamhaff
Auto Focus (2002)
as Strip Club M.C.
Changing Lanes (2002)
as Judge Cosell
Queenie in Love (2001)
as Berthold
61* (2001)
as Phil Rizzuto
Looking for an Echo (2000)
as Vic
The Other Me (2000)
as Conrad
Switching Goals (1999)
as Dave
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
as Arresting Cop
The Naked Man (1998)
as Koski
The Deal (1998)
as Boular
Sunday (1997)
as Scottie Elster
One Fine Day (1996)
as Manny Feldstein
Shadow of a Doubt (1996)
as Sidney Sherman
Heavy (1995)
as Leo
Money Train (1995)
as Riley
Two Bits (1995)
as Uncle Joe
Batman Forever (1995)
as Bank Guard
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994)
as
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Director
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Lou
Household Saints (1993)
as Frank Manzone
Taking the Heat (1993)
as Lou Valentine
Benny & Joon (1993)
as Mike
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Gerald Walpin
Primary Motive (1992)
as Paul Melton
City of Hope (1991)
as Pauly
Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Tommy Molto
Kojak: Ariana (1989)
as Lieutenant Rastelli
Perfect Witness (1989)
as Breeze
The Feud (1989)
as Bud Bullard
Chances Are (1989)
as Omar
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
as Foreman
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
as Bartender
Big Business (1988)
as Desk Clerk
Ironweed (1987)
as Jack
Moonstruck (1987)
as Shy Waiter
Matewan (1987)
as Fausto
One Police Plaza (1986)
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
F/X (1986)
as Mickey
Bad Medicine (1985)
as Gómez
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as J.B. Donaldo
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
as Mario Minetta
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
Splash (1984)
as Manny
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
as Wyler
Still of the Night (1982)
as Joseph Vitucci
The Elephant Man (1982)
as Pinhead Manager
The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981)
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
as Osvaldo
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
as Det. Esposito
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
as Matty Stanek
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
as Barney Collins
The Deer Hunter (1978)
as Bandleader
On the Yard (1978)
as Morris
Secret Service (1977)
as Cpl. Matson